Device for hanging doors



(No Model.)

W. A. SOHUSSMANN.

DEVICE FOR HANGING DOORS.

Patented Aug. 14, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. SGHUSSMANN, OF CALUMET HARBOR, WISCONSIN.

DEVICE FOR HANGING DOORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,697, dated August14-, 1888.

Application flied April 9, 1888. Serial No. 270,124. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. SoHUss- MANN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Calumet Harbor, in the county of Fond du Lac andState of Wisconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDevices for Hanging Doors; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

' This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in themanner of hanging doors for barns, cars, or in other places; and it hasfor its objects to simplify and cheapen the means and to provide for theperfect and easy running of the door, and insure its free movement evenalthough the track should not be perfectly straight,or if the side ofthe building is warped or bent slightly either inward or outward.

To the above ends and to such others as the invention may pertain thesame consists in the peculiar combinations, and in the novelconstruction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fullyhereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings,and thenspecifically defined in the claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the drawings, in which-' Figure1 represents a side view of a door attached to a car or building inaccordance with my invention, with parts broken away, so as toillustrate other parts. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the line a:a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detailed perspective view of one of thehangers carrying the rollers.

Referring now by letter to the details of the drawings, A designates aportion of the side of a car or building, and. B the guide-rail on whichrun the rollers O. This guide-rail may be of any suitable material,andmay be secured in position in any well-known way.

D is the door, preferably provided at the bottom with suitable guidingmeans.

E is the cap secured over the door-opening,

to shed the rain or snow. This cap is slightly N beveled from its rearoutward on its upper face, as shown.

F F are hangers secured to the door in any suitable manner, and at theirrear face near the top of the door they are provided with an offset, a,above which is the pin 1), which projects inward and works between thecap and the bottom edge of the guide rail B, as shown.

The upper end of the hanger is bent into the form of a hook, o, andbetween the side bars of this hook is pivoted, by means of the pin d,the arm d, each end of which is bifurcated, as shown, and between thebifurcations at each end is pivoted or journaled a roller, 0, preferablygrooved to engage the guide-rail B.

The door is preferably made in sections flexibly connected together inany suitable manner,but preferably as shown and described in myapplication for Letters Patent of even date herewith; but it will ofcourse be understood that I do not restrict myself in this applicationto such construction.

By the above-described method of hanging the door it will run smoothlyand evenly, the arms carrying therollers accommodating themselves toanyirregularities in the track or guiderail over which theytravel.

I deem it important that the cap E be placed beneath the pins b, so thatsaid pins will work between the cap and the guide-rail on which therollers run, the pins thus serving to guide the door and prevent toomuch up-anddown play.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new is- Thecombination, with the guide-rail and the door, of the cap secured abovethe dooropening, the hangers secured to the door and carrying therollers, and the pins b,projecting rearwardly from said hangers andworking between said cap and guide-rail, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. WILLIAM A. SOHUSSMANN.

Witnesses:

CHARLES F. ScHUssMANN, HERMAN RErMERs.

